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About

China-Madagascar Trade: In 2022, China exported $1.33B to Madagascar. The main products that China exported to Madagascar were Light Rubberized Knitted Fabric ($93.2M), Coated Flat-Rolled Iron ($60.7M), and Synthetic Filament Yarn Woven Fabric ($43.6M). Over the past 5 years the exports of China to Madagascar have increased at an annualized rate of 6.77%, from $959M in 2017 to $1.33B in 2022.

In 2022, China did not export any services to Madagascar.

Madagascar-China Trade: In 2022, Madagascar exported $538M to China. The main products that Madagascar exported to China were Raw Nickel ($263M), Precious Stones ($68.2M), and Uranium and Thorium Ore ($34.6M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Madagascar to China have increased at an annualized rate of 22.9%,  from $192M in 2017 to $538M in 2022.

In 2022, Madagascar did not export any services to China.

Comparison: In 2022,  China ranked 22 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.12), and 1 in total exports ($3.73T). That same year, Madagascar ranked 115 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.08), and 133 in total exports ($4.25B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, China exported $1.33B to Madagascar. The main products exported from China to Madagascar were Light Rubberized Knitted Fabric ($93.2M), Coated Flat-Rolled Iron ($60.7M), and Synthetic Filament Yarn Woven Fabric ($43.6M). During the last 5 years the exports of China to Madagascar have increased at an annualized rate of 6.77%, from $959M in 2017 to $1.33B in 2022.

In 2017, Madagascar exported $538M to China. The main products exported from Madagascar to China were Raw Nickel ($263M), Precious Stones ($68.2M), and Uranium and Thorium Ore ($34.6M). During the last 5 years the exports of Madagascar to China have increased at an annualized rate of 22.9%, from $192M in 2022 to $538M in 2017.

Exports from China (Flag) to Madagascar (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Madagascar (Flag) to China (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
China
Top Destination
United States$551B
Madagascar
Top Destination
United States$756M

This map shows whether countries import more from China or Madagascar. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from China and Madagascar or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from China than Madagascar included United States ($551B), Hong Kong ($276B), and Japan ($178B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Madagascar than China included Anguilla ($730).

Difference in imports from Madagascar (Flag) and China (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage China - Madagascar

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between China and Madagascar by product, considering products traded by both, China and Madagascar.

During 2022, China had a large net trade with Madagascar in the exports of Textiles ($440M), Machines ($241M), and Metals ($172M).

During 2017, Madagascar had a large net trade with China in the exports of Metals ($296M), Mineral Products ($139M), and Precious Metals ($68.5M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential China Madagascar+$24.4MTelephones
Top Product Potential Madagascar China+$45.6MRaw Nickel

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of China and Madagascar. This means that a dot/product with the flag of China indicates it has a comparative advantage over Madagascar. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Madagascar indicates it has a comparative advantage over China.

Product Space of China (Flag) and Madagascar (Flag) (2022)

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